Friday, August 10, 2007

Thou shalt not pass

When God was sitting in that neat office of His and looking down at the Lords -
India struggling to save the match - He glanced at his past records and thought
that maybe - just maybe He owed that luck to the Indians. But ever a fair guy,
He put in a clause. If the Indians had to get away with a draw at Lords - He
insisted that they sacrifice their personal rewards for the series win.
Unbeknownst to the Indian players, their guardian angels agreed - knowing fully
well that the Indian fans too deserved the series. So it was decided and put
down in pen and paper or whatever heavenly instruments they used. No Indian
batsman would cross a century in this test. But the series was to be theirs.

Small price.

Edit: Kumble is 7 runs away from showing me the finger for this post

2 comments:

prince of hyderabad said...
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prince of hyderabad said...

I think Vaughan's statement summed it up pretty well: "If you had told me at the beginning of the series that none of Sachin, Dravid, Ganguly and Laxman will score a century in this series, I would have ripped your arm off". I guess that just about sums up how strange it feels to have seen Jumbo get to the 3-figure mark.